South SF man faces 225 years for molesting, abusing girl

John Coté, Chronicle Staff Writer

Published 11:45 am, Tuesday, February 20, 2007

2007-02-20 12:45:00 PST REDWOOD CITY -- A South San Francisco man is facing up to 225 years to life in prison after a San Mateo County jury convicted him of repeatedly molesting his live-in girlfriend's daughter starting when the girl was 9 years old, prosecutors said.

Frazier, a 45-year-old truck driver, was accused of sodomizing and forcing the girl to engage in oral copulation over four years starting when she was 9 years old and continuing until last year when she was 12, prosecutors said.

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The girl was not Frazier's biological child, but he had helped raise her since she was a baby and she referred to him as her father, Deputy District Attorney Gregory Devitt said.

The molestation was uncovered after the county's Child Protective Services agency received an anonymous tip that the girl was being abused, Devitt said. The girl eventually told authorities about the molestation, he said.

In a phone call recorded by authorities, Frazier told the girl that he was attracted to her and wanted her to learn about sex from him. He later confessed to police, Devitt said.

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Defense lawyers argued that the girl's testimony was not believable and that Frazier's statements to police had either been taken out of context or had been coerced, prosecutors said.

Frazier is being held without bail in the San Mateo County jail. He is scheduled to be sentenced March 22.

"It's tragic because these acts were committed on such a young child," Devitt said. "But the child showed so much strength and fortitude. She really compelled the jury to find him guilty. She is a strong person. And all the credit goes to her."